Corroded wheels out of warranty
01-14-2004, 10:00 AM
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Nick,
He should be (or is that would be).
Unfortunately under SOG (rather than Consumer protection) your claim is against retailer not manufacturer or importer. His claim is against importer "privity" of contract and all that stuff.
So unfortunately no matter how helpful your dealer ultimately its him you have to sue.
This is a personal hobby horse I'm fed up of taking crap from retailers (of any sort) one letter then whack-em with a writ. Provided amount is small(ish) most settle to avoid cost of defending. Obviously you need to be on fairly firm ground and not file frivolously or you may find yourself forking out!
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He should be (or is that would be).
Unfortunately under SOG (rather than Consumer protection) your claim is against retailer not manufacturer or importer. His claim is against importer "privity" of contract and all that stuff.
So unfortunately no matter how helpful your dealer ultimately its him you have to sue.
This is a personal hobby horse I'm fed up of taking crap from retailers (of any sort) one letter then whack-em with a writ. Provided amount is small(ish) most settle to avoid cost of defending. Obviously you need to be on fairly firm ground and not file frivolously or you may find yourself forking out!
Don
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01-14-2004, 10:12 AM
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Thanks for the info - I think I understand the problem now. One more question though, and if you have suffered the corrosion problem, how often (and how) do you wash the wheels (I soap the whole wheel including behind the spokes weekly and then hose off - no problems yet but I haven't had the car long)?
01-14-2004, 10:26 AM
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I bought the car privately, so the dealer owes me no favours.
My gripe is with Honda UK replacing a substandard part with another substandard part. For example, if my gearbox breaks every year and Honda keep replacing it until the warranty is up and then say it's not their responsibilty after 3 years, is that right?
Honda know there is a problem with these wheels, they haven't recalled them, or fixed the problem (the replacements are just as crap as the originals), they are just replacing them until 3 years are up and then saying it's not their problem. The age of the car is irrelevant, the age of the faulty wheel is under 12 months old.
My gripe is with Honda UK replacing a substandard part with another substandard part. For example, if my gearbox breaks every year and Honda keep replacing it until the warranty is up and then say it's not their responsibilty after 3 years, is that right?
Honda know there is a problem with these wheels, they haven't recalled them, or fixed the problem (the replacements are just as crap as the originals), they are just replacing them until 3 years are up and then saying it's not their problem. The age of the car is irrelevant, the age of the faulty wheel is under 12 months old.
01-14-2004, 10:31 AM
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Neil, this has been playing on my mind ever since I heard about the problem.
Is it something you could post in the Tell Honda section.
Do the Americans, Continentals and Japanese have the same wheels as us, and do they have the same probs? Have Honda in these countries behaved in the same way?
Is it something you could post in the Tell Honda section.
Do the Americans, Continentals and Japanese have the same wheels as us, and do they have the same probs? Have Honda in these countries behaved in the same way?
01-14-2004, 10:38 AM
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Originally posted by san2000
Do the Americans, Continentals and Japanese have the same wheels as us, and do they have the same probs? Have Honda in these countries behaved in the same way?
Do the Americans, Continentals and Japanese have the same wheels as us, and do they have the same probs? Have Honda in these countries behaved in the same way?
I reckon that the main corrosion is caused by the huge amount of salt we put on the roads here in the UK. I know Japan don't really use salt on the roads, but I guess that some US states must have to
01-14-2004, 10:40 AM
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Neil are your replacement wheels the 99/00 style or did Honda replace them with the newer style ,just trying to pin it down as to weather its an across the board prob or just the early ones 
01-14-2004, 10:44 AM
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They are the (much nicer IMO 
) 99-01 design
If you do a search there is a lot of detail about this problem. IIRC There was a thread with a very long list of members who had problems, and IIRC there were some 02 owners. Brian Marshall mentioned that he'd had problems with his JDM BBS wheels and had them re-lacquered himself.
I'll take a pic of mine if I get home before it's dark tomorrow.
) 99-01 designIf you do a search there is a lot of detail about this problem. IIRC There was a thread with a very long list of members who had problems, and IIRC there were some 02 owners. Brian Marshall mentioned that he'd had problems with his JDM BBS wheels and had them re-lacquered himself.
I'll take a pic of mine if I get home before it's dark tomorrow.
